2018 Buick Encore Preferred
Vehicle Details
Preferred
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Is this 2018 Buick Encore Preferred a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $8,400, comparable market range $7,279–$12,813, based on 21 comparable listings. Days on lot: 105 days (market average 81 days).
Market price position
$8,400 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $7,279 – $12,813
- vs. market
- $1,121 above low · $4,413 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 21
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$10,046This vehicle $8,400 · $1,646 (16%) below MRP
MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.
True Retail Value (TRV™)
$10,363This vehicle $8,400 · $1,963 (19%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-01) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Comparable vehicles nationally have sold faster than the market baseline, but this listing has been available longer than the cohort’s typical sell-time (about 12–46 days).
What does Demand-Verified mean?
Market Breakdown
Local = comparable listings in the same metro. Regional = comparable listings across the broader state or multi-state region. Both ranges are rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
Lafontaine Mitsubishi Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
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About This 2018 Buick Encore
Listing updated: Aug 1, 2026Listed by a franchise dealer in Ann Arbor, MI · On lot for 105 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Buick Encore Preferred is listed at $8,400 by lafontaine mitsubishi ann arbor in Ann Arbor, MI 48103. It has 112,940 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Silver. It features a FWD drivetrain with a 1.4L I4 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV's AI-powered Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Fair Price — priced at market value. Based on 21 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $7,279 to $12,813. These comparisons match year, make, and model and may currently span trims and configurations (trim-level matching is rolling out).
This vehicle has been on the lot for 105 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477).
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader Ann Arbor, MI suvs market analysis. OAV compares vehicles using local and regional price-to-market ranges, days-on-lot, comparable count, and demand signals where available.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2018 Buick Encore against similar vehicles currently available in the local and regional market — same make, model, and year range (currently across available trims and configurations; trim-level matching is rolling out), filtered for comparable mileage. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the typical range for comparable vehicles.
- Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from a franchise dealer in Ann Arbor, MI, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN KL4CJASBXJB528319 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles within the same geographic market.
2018 Buick Encore Market in MI
MI Market Listings
295
Average Price
$11,582
Price Range
$4,495–$21,840
Avg Days on Lot
81
Based on all 295 2016-2020 Buick Encore listings in the MI market, the average asking price is $11,582. This listing at $8,400 is $3,182 below the broader MI average (27% below the MI average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across MI; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in MI range from $4,495 to $21,840. Similar vehicles spend an average of 81 days on dealer lots in this market.
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